Archive for April, 2008
Kowloon shopping
I remember reading this article in Wired 10 years ago. And since then my imagination was full of all the wonders of pirate software and computer goods I would find at the Golden Arcade Shopping Plaza. In reality, years later it was just a mostly regular shopping mall like anywhere else there. We must have really looked lost, since a very nice woman came up to us and asked us if we needed help finding someplace, and pointed us in the right direction. There were a few stores with pirate software, but not that many. I WISH I could have had my camera out to take a picture of the fantastic signs in one of the pirate booths. Over the rack of photoshop and game copies for HK$5 the sign says basically “Do not steal these discs, police will be called” Oh, the irony! I looked all over for the rip-off versions of Final Fantasy 7 and Titanic for NES, but I couldn’t find them anywhere.
After the arcade, we grabbed some fantastic pork and berry buns from this store:
A seriously drunk guy, who was double-handing Smirnoff Ice sat down and stared at us, and gave us a napkin. So we left.
Note on Hong Kong:
Restaurants do not give out paper napkins. Some places will sell you a little package of tissues. So if you go, hoarde any napkins you can in your bag.
Hong Kong Day One
After arriving late at night, we basically walked around the block, and had dinner at the hotel’s mediocre chinese restaurant. I left the camera at the hotel , and bought a SIM card and a voltage adapter, then went to sleep. First thing in the morning we went up to the Peak. which I guess is mandatory if you are a tourist.
HK the beginning
rement, originally uploaded by frogwasteland.
Here is the beginning of the flood of pics to come from Hong Kong. The Re-Ment aisle in Toys R Us. What is a bizarre niche hobby in the US, gets its own aisle in asia. Awesome.
80’s Commercials Vol. 15
80’s Commercials Vol. 15
How to waste an entire night….